to ask if boys are easier to raise than girls?

[grapeswithseeds]

I feel this is a stereotype but is it the case in practice? Or was it no difference?

YABU- No boys are not easier to raise than girls
YANBU-Yes boys are easier to raise than girls

Yes much easier! My sons were hard work when they were toddlers, very active and always on the go. My daughter however is a teenager and the hormones and subsequent moods are bloody hard work!!

I think you'll find it depends on the personalities involved, parent and child.

Well I have one if each. They both have their moments but I would say DS was far more difficult when he was little whereas now DD at 16 is the difficult one.

I think it’s been different but not easier.

All boys are not the same. Neither are all girls.

Ummm my boys seem much more active than my friends/relatives girls the same age, the girls happily sit in the swings for hours whilst mine run around never stopping! But... the girls seem to have ALOT more tantrums, like ALL the time compared to my boys.

No, it's a ridiculous stereotype. Wait for the posts about boys being like straightforward little labradors, only needing exercise and fresh air, and girls being hormonal mini-drama queens with enough friendship complications to fuel a soap opera from about the age of eight.

As peddled by the same people who say 'A son's a son till he takes a wife, a daughter's a daughter for all of your life' with an air of great profundity, or the ones who say they only make friends with lovely, straightforward men, because women 'are so bitchy and cliquey', or who appear to genuinely believe that men 'can't see dirt, bless 'em'.

I only have boys. The only things I can possibly think of right now that are easier are not having to contend with long hair before school in the morning and being able to go for a wee in a bush in an emergency.

I think there all the same til about teenage years, but I didn’t really buy into the girl/boy stereotypes, my kids were all very close in age and all like similar things. I didn’t bring up the girls with princess stuff and I didn’t excuse bad behaviour from the boys by saying they were just being boys.

People are individuals.

Children are people.

HTH.

Absolutely not, it varies from child to child. My daughter was born independent and opinionated - which is great, hard work but great! As a teen she is now the easy one, very sensible and grounded. My son seemed to be a baby for longer, he was a very easy youngster but now as a young teen he really takes some keeping up with.

Have I logged on to 1970

I doubt it.My ds 6 is stomping about bring moody like a 16 year old atm

All depends on what brand of childerbeast you get but I found DS far, far easier than dd.

DD1 was was fine but then shes got a very laid back personality. Shes nearly 21 now. DS is 17 and still as high maintenance and difficult as ever, he drains the emotional energy from me. DD2 has ASD so is pretty much happy in her own interests although her meltdowns are getting more extreme. DD3 is like DD1 and laid back happy go lucky.
On the whole sexist stereotypes seem to mark girls as bitches and boys love their mums. I've found and observed from friends and relatives that those children have a range of personalities regardless of their sex.

Silly post. There are more differences within sexes that between. Most of it's self-fulfilling prophecy.

Everyone is different! YABU.

It's "easier" to raise boys than girls because with boys society doesn't pressure you to stamp out all their assertiveness and selfishness and turn them into peoplepleasers. Boys are allowed to say, do and think what they like, which makes them easier to raise, because you're not expending all that energy on getting them to say, do and think the things society wants them to do.

Boys are also "easier" because you don't have to do all that pesky thinking about feelings and talking about emotions etc, because boys don't need to do any of that, they just play football. Girls have so much drama, with all those interpersonal relationships forged on genuine connections.

@Harrykanesrightsock

Have I logged on to 1970

This.

If you treat your children differently from each other they will behave differently from each other...

Toddler girl after two boys

Just as much energy and need to run around, needs to go for walks, play in playgrounds, see stuff

Haven’t noticed much in it yet

Hear hear @Huhokthen . Fantastically depressingly put.

@Porcupineinwaiting

I think you'll find it depends on the personalities involved, parent and child.

Quite.

I always find it amusing when people say boys this and girls this. My DD may be a boy then because she sure doesn't "act like a girl".

Same as me.

Cue the need to transition.

I dont think you can generalise.
Even children born to the same parents can be shaped differently depending on what else was going on with the family when they came around so even your ' i have one of each' isn't truly reliable.

@Porcupineinwaiting

I think you'll find it depends on the personalities involved, parent and child.

Exactly! I have three boys and one girl, surprisingly enough they are all different

So far my DS is infinitely easier and more chilled out than my DD was. He's only 5 months old though.